Bread not bombs : a political agenda for social justice / Douglas Roche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roche, Douglas J., 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice.

Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Political agenda for social justice

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Housing, health, and education services are desperately needed for the world's poorest people but instead, governments spend billions on war. The international community must be mobilized to provide human security and Senator Roche asserts that this is where Canada can play a crucial role.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction: A Fateful Phone Call

I: Human Insecurity: Double Standards

1 The Poor Get Poorer

2 The Cold War Is Not Over

3 Where Bread and Bombs Intersect

II: Human Security: An Agenda for the 21st Century

4 Towards a Culture of Peace

5 The Right to Human Development

6 Pushing Equitable Global Standards

7 Justice Both Legal and Social

III: Social Justice: A Daily Struggle

8 Canada: The U.N. and/or NATO?

9 Media, Politics and the Corruption of Values

10 A New Medium, A New Message

Epilogue: A Long and Arduous Task

Notes

Appendix A - Informative Websites

Acknowledgements

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

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M

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About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4593-0360-1

1-4175-9121-8

OCLC:

647753839